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No. 160.(2/52L/193915 APR 1939 s
Shanghai.
Copies sent to:
Tokyo No. 70.
Translation.
Consul General Shanghai No. 82.
Commercial Counsellor.
My Lord,
กา -
BRITISH EMBASSY,
81
NANKICK,
20th February 1939.
With reference to Sir Robert Craigie's despatch
to. Your Lordship No. 854 of the 2nd November 1938 I have
the honour to transmit to you herewith a summary in transla-
tion of extracts from the "Government Gazette" of the
Nanking Reformed Government regarding control of silk reel-
ing and cocoon-rearing enterprises.
2.
Your Lordship will observe that the regulations
governing the Central China Silk Company Limited provide
for the incorporation into the company of all existing
businesses and forbid the establishment of new enterprises.
It is difficult to reconcile the wording of these regula-
tions with the assurance given by the Japanese Ministry
for Foreign Affairs to Sir Robert Craigie in October last that the Central China Silk Yarn Company does not
monopolise the activities in which it is engaged.
I have the honour to be
With the highest respect,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient
humble Servant,
Audible Clarkt wo
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The Right Honourable
Viscount Halifax, K.G., G.C.S.I.,
etc., etc., etc.,
FOREIGN OFFICE.
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